It was a classic example of a powerful legislator using that power to get special favors for a business he owns, and as calls began two years ago for a criminal probe of corruption allegations concerning then-S.C. House Speaker Bobby Harrell, it seemed like the smokiest gun: In 2006, Harrell's Palmetto State Pharmaceuticals applied for a state permit to repackage prescription drugs to sell to doctors, who would then sell them to patients, at a profit. If that sounds like a great way to make medicine more expensive, by injecting another middle man and by encouraging doctors to prescribe more drugs than they need to, I agree, but that's not the point of this story.
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